Bill Masen works with triffids – an animalistic plant with poisonous venom, a wicked stinger and the ability to maneuver around on three ‘legs’. Hospitalised when he succumb to triffid venom in a lab accident, Masen misses viewing a world-changing night time – a quirk of destiny may just save his existence…Strongly influenced by H.G. Wells’ The Battle of the Worlds, Wyndham’s post-apocalyptic book displays some similarities to Wells’ seminal sci-fi function. Yet, it remains an enduring classic in its own correct, bursting with imagination and startling inventiveness.